Motherboard Swap... Authenticate?

Hi,

My WinXP SP3 box has a failing MB. It is a SOYO Dragon KT 880 and I have
another, reportedly good, used one that I've kept on hand for years. I do
not know that the BIOS would be exact, but it should be close enough and I
have recorded all settings from the current one.

Will I have to authenticate this with MS and if XP is dead, how will that
go?

Anything else to watch for?




Thanks in advance.

On 6/1/2016 6:39 AM, a concerned member of the usenet community wrote:
Hi,

My WinXP SP3 box has a failing MB. It is a SOYO Dragon KT 880 and I have
another, reportedly good, used one that I've kept on hand for years. I do
not know that the BIOS would be exact, but it should be close enough and I
have recorded all settings from the current one.

Will I have to authenticate this with MS and if XP is dead, how will that
go?

Anything else to watch for?




Thanks in advance.



If it is the same MB then you should have no problems.


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On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:39:19 -0400, "a concerned member of the usenet
community" wrote:

Hi,

My WinXP SP3 box has a failing MB. It is a SOYO Dragon KT 880 and I have
another, reportedly good, used one that I've kept on hand for years. I do
not know that the BIOS would be exact, but it should be close enough and I
have recorded all settings from the current one.

Will I have to authenticate this with MS and if XP is dead, how will that
go?

Anything else to watch for?




Thanks in advance.


If you get that message all you should have to do is enter your 25
digit code and log into the MS site. They are not really trying to
authenticate XP anymore. You just go through the motions

écrivait :

On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:39:19 -0400, "a concerned member of the usenet
community" wrote:

Hi,

My WinXP SP3 box has a failing MB. It is a SOYO Dragon KT 880 and I have
another, reportedly good, used one that I've kept on hand for years. I do
not know that the BIOS would be exact, but it should be close enough and
I
have recorded all settings from the current one.

Will I have to authenticate this with MS and if XP is dead, how will that
go?

Anything else to watch for?




Thanks in advance.


If you get that message all you should have to do is enter your 25
digit code and log into the MS site. They are not really trying to
authenticate XP anymore. You just go through the motions

If the MBs are different there will be some drivers issues.

If Windows doesn't start, boot with the Windows installation CD and try a
repair install. When you boot from the CD, choose INSTALL when the first CD
menu appears, it will find the already installed Windows, you select it and
press "R".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNOQ0sCYY8s

You will need your Windows key, the drivers for the "new" MB and the
Windows CD must be the same type (Home, Pro) and SP level than the
installed Windows (SP3?).

Dominique écrivait
:

écrivait news:imptkb9dhbppu85il3c53fuindneo3lal3@
4ax.com:

On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:39:19 -0400, "a concerned member of the usenet
community" wrote:

Hi,

My WinXP SP3 box has a failing MB. It is a SOYO Dragon KT 880 and I
have
another, reportedly good, used one that I've kept on hand for years. I
do
not know that the BIOS would be exact, but it should be close enough
and
I have recorded all settings from the current one.

Will I have to authenticate this with MS and if XP is dead, how will
that
go?

Anything else to watch for?




Thanks in advance.


If you get that message all you should have to do is enter your 25
digit code and log into the MS site. They are not really trying to
authenticate XP anymore. You just go through the motions

If the MBs are different there will be some drivers issues.

If Windows doesn't start, boot with the Windows installation CD and try
a
repair install. When you boot from the CD, choose INSTALL when the
first CD
menu appears, it will find the already installed Windows, you select it
and
press "R".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNOQ0sCYY8s

You will need your Windows key, the drivers for the "new" MB and the
Windows CD must be the same type (Home, Pro) and SP level than the
installed Windows (SP3?).


Oups, I my reply was for the OP.

"a concerned member of the usenet community" écrivait
:

Hi,

My WinXP SP3 box has a failing MB. It is a SOYO Dragon KT 880 and I have
another, reportedly good, used one that I've kept on hand for years. I do
not know that the BIOS would be exact, but it should be close enough and
I
have recorded all settings from the current one.

Will I have to authenticate this with MS and if XP is dead, how will that
go?

Anything else to watch for?




Thanks in advance.



If the MBs are different there will be some drivers issues.

If Windows doesn't start, boot with the Windows installation CD and try a
repair install. When you boot from the CD, choose INSTALL when the first CD
menu appears, it will find the already installed Windows, you select it and
press "R".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNOQ0sCYY8s

You will need your Windows key, the drivers for the "new" MB and the
Windows CD must be the same type (Home, Pro) and SP level than the
installed Windows (SP3?).

HTH